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- Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:04 am
- Forum: General Steamboat stuff
- Topic: The Smokestack NASBA
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8093
Re: The Smokestack NASBA
Hello Everyone, I was what Charlie Roth considered the VP of operations for Smokestack and took care of many things over the past 15 years including Editor for 3 years, Shipping and Receiving, ordering tshirts and burgees, maintaining the database and membership, make and maintain the webpage and fa...
- Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:44 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: separating a very reluctant flanged joint
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9191
Re: separating a very reluctant flanged joint
Is there a way to re-assemble it without those 5/8" nuts and arrange for a deliberately "failed" hydro test? I think the problem with that could be that the gasket would give in the weakest place, and still leave the rest stuck fast. Any port in a storm though. I think that is a rather good idea. m...
- Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:44 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: separating a very reluctant flanged joint
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9191
Re: separating a very reluctant flanged joint
Is there a way to re-assemble it without those 5/8" nuts and arrange for a deliberately "failed" hydro test? I think the problem with that could be that the gasket would give in the weakest place, and still leave the rest stuck fast. Any port in a storm though. I think that is a rather good idea. m...
- Sun Mar 01, 2020 7:43 pm
- Forum: Welcome
- Topic: Hello from Boston,mass.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9564
Re: Hello from Boston,mass.
Welcome, I am sure many of us would be rather interested in anything you post from Ashton, most of us are interested in anything steam from cars, stationary, marine and locomotives I would also like to say if you do come out to any steam event make yourself known, you are sure to get a personal tour...
- Thu Dec 05, 2019 12:41 am
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Engine mounting angle?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6473
Re: Engine mounting angle?
Many old books and even the Elliot Bay instructions suggest mounting the engine firmly on jack screws, dialing it in with an indicator to be perfectly aligned with the shaft, damming and pouring grout...this method is great if you plan on keeping the engine for your entire life. We chose to mount th...
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 4:14 pm
- Forum: Steamboat Photography
- Topic: Lake Nockamixon 25th year
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6566
Lake Nockamixon 25th year
The 25th annual meet brought 10 boats, it was a great 3 days of boating and brought out 2 different news stations. Channel 69 did an extensive interview with Charlie Roth about the North American Steamboat Association and also some drone footage. Channel 6 took a nice long ride in our boat and inter...
- Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:35 am
- Forum: General Steamboat stuff
- Topic: Steaming Season
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12255
Re: Steaming Season
not keeping track of miles but we have been out quite a few times, have my3 day steam meet coming up in October....where are you from and what are you building ?
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 11:04 pm
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Oil inside the condenser
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7160
Re: Oil inside the condenser
are you running a superheater or dryer? does your engine have a typical D slide valve? Reason I ask is general practice on marine steam even on large ships was no oil in the cylinders and let the steam create an isolator if you will between the cylinder and piston. We did not run any oil on our firs...
- Tue May 07, 2019 11:30 pm
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: How to Install Brass Trim Between Hull and Deck??
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8626
Re: How to Install Brass Trim Between Hull and Deck??
The others are correct you do not want to use brass, definitely naval bronze which will be hard to find. When my father purchased our Elliot Bay he bought 1" and 3/4" directly from Pat Spurlock and it came home from Portland in the bilge, having it shipped will not be cheap and neither will the mate...
- Tue Apr 16, 2019 11:19 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: British Rivet Manufacturers?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7315
Re: British Rivet Manufacturers?
I think Kelly would be the one to know about rivets being inferior in the USA, He is the VP of motive power at Strasburg Railroad, one of the leading tourist steam operations in America. I would wonder if Strasburg makes their own at all ? I know they manufacture injectors, safety valves and staybol...